Youngs, Richard and Zihnioğlu, Özge (2021) EU aid policy in the Middle East and North Africa : politicization and its limits. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 59 (1). pp. 126-142. doi:10.1111/jcms.13136 ISSN 0021-9886.

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Abstract

Some elements of EU assistance to the countries of MENA have become more politicized in recent years. This is largely because sharper differences of opinion have emerged over EU funds being used to limit migration and for security aims. Contestation has intensified horizontally between different EU institutions and European governments. However, this politicization varies across different policy areas and different parts of the MENA region, and in some instances remains relatively muted. After outlining the general increase in salience and wider institutional engagement; we then contrast this with the more measured increase in the third dimension of politicization, namely polarization over the EU's MENA aid policies. We offer three examples of the way that internal policy-making dynamics have softened polarization and discuss implications for the broader analysis of EU foreign and security policy. We conclude that different kinds of dynamics both drive and limit politicization within the EU's external policies.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) J Political Science > JZ International relations
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Economic assistance, European -- Middle East, Economic assistance, European -- Africa, North , Polarization (Social sciences) , European Union countries -- Foreign relations -- Middle East, European Union countries -- Foreign relations -- Africa, North
Journal or Publication Title:	JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies
Publisher:	Blackwell Publishing
ISSN:	0021-9886
Official Date:	9 March 2021
Dates:	Date Event 9 March 2021 Published 29 January 2021 Available 28 August 2020 Accepted 12 February 2020 Submitted
Volume:	59
Number:	1
Page Range:	pp. 126-142
DOI:	10.1111/jcms.13136
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit:	30 August 2022
Date of first compliant Open Access:	31 August 2022
Is Part Of:	1

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